Improvement in corsets



O. L. OLMSTEAD. Corset.

No, 206,964 Patented Aug. 13,1878.

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GHAUNOEY L. OLMSTEAD, OF WEST BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CORSETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 206,964, dated August11%, WT; application filed June 25, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHAUNCEY L. ()LM- STEAD, of \Vest Brookfield, in theState of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Corsets, ofwhich the following is a specification:

The object of this invention is to narrow the corset at the bottom partof the bosom, so that the breasts are held up and project in a gracefulform, and the corset is adapted to fit the person around the waist andhips without projecting at the lower part of the front of the corset, asfrequently is the case in corsets made in the usual manner, and also toprovide for inserting the gores in a convelr ient manner, whereby thestitching of the parts together is greatly facilitated.

In the drawing, Figure l is an elevation, showing one-half of thecorset. Fig. 2 represents the separate pieces employed in itsconstruction, and Fig. 3 is a section of the v gore and tongue at theline as w,

The front of the corset is made with any usual busks or clasps,by meansof which the two half-sections are connected. Sometimes the buskswill beparallel, and sometimes wider near the bottom.

The first section, a, of the corset is adapted to receive one of thebusks, and it may be folded at the edge 2 before being cut out, or beformed of two thicknesses united together by stitching. The edges 3 ofthe sections a are folded inward from end to end.

The tongue or section b is of a shape adapted to pass in between thefirst section, a, and the third section, 0, and also between the gores dd,- hence the edges of the tongue or section b, from the points 4upwardly, are folded back; but from the offset at 4 downwardly thetongues or sections bare notfolded at the edges, but they pass inbetween the folded edges of the sections a c.

The sections 0 are folded from the point 5 upwardly, so as to form thevisible edges of such section; but from 5 downwardly the edges passbetween the folded edges of the first section, a.

In sewing the sections of this corset together the edges are folded asaforesaid, the gores dare stitched at each side of the tongue or sectionb, and this tongue is stitched lengthwise to form the bone-pocketsbetween the two thicknesses of material composing such tongue orsection; then the bosom-gore and tongue are stitched to the thirdsection, 0, and afterward these are inserted between the edges of thefirst section, a, and stitched.

The results of this construction are, that the bone-pockets in thebosom-tongue do not extend to the bottom of the corset, but are steppedoff by the stitching at the edges of the first section, a, and thirdsection, 0. The fullness required for the bosom is obtained in the formof a sudden graceful outward curve from the bottom of the bosom-gores.The lines of stitching are easily made, as they are nearly straight. Thebosom is sustained by the bones in the tongue abutting at their lowerends against the adjacent sections, and the graceful contour of thecorset is promoted, as it allows the necessary fullness of the corset tobe thrown into the hips and maintains the required smoothness at thefront.

The same mode of manufacture is pursued with the hip-gores d d. Theseare inserted at their edges between the two thicknesses of materialforming the section I), such section being folded from the points 4downwardly. After these gores have been sewed to the section 1) its edgewhich projects at 4 and the edge of the gore are placed between thefolded edge 6 of the section 0 and stitched, and the other edges of thesaid section b and of the gore d are placed between the folded edges ofthe section f and sewed. g is the eyelet or back section.

It will be apparent that if required the section b might extend to thebottom edge of the corset, as shown by dotted lines, the sections a and0 being made narrower at their lower ends, as shown by dotted lines.

I claim as my invention- 1. The section b or b, of two thicknesses,formed with an offset at 4, and folded from the ofiset to the edge ofthe corset, and receiving between the folded edges the gores d or d, incombination with the adjacent sections of the corset, between the foldededges of which the edge of the gore and of the seelower end of thetongue b,snbstantiall as set tion are inserted and stitched,substantially forth.

as set forth. Signed by me this 13th day of June, 1878.

2. The corset having at hosonrtongne bet T T t tween the twobosom-gores, and seeured be- ('HALACEY OLMSTLAD' tween the firstsection, a, and third section, Witnesses:

0, said seetions u and 0 being united directly (i130. \Y. JOHNSON,

to eneh other in the lower portions below the Emmi: J. JOHNSON.

